Microblog Memes

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A place to share screenshots of Microblog posts, whether from Mastodon, tumblr, ~~Twitter~~ X, KBin, Threads or elsewhere.

Created as an evolution of White People Twitter and other tweet-capture subreddits.

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oh no! think of the stock market! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by vinyl to c/microblogmemes

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You don’t get paid when the sun shines

You get paid when people on your grid demand the electricity your plant produces. That's true whether the electricity comes from the sun or fossilized trees.

Corporate greed aside none sane would like their tax money either to be spent on producing electricity when it’s not needed.

A/C usage peaks during the day and wanes at night. Laborers in virtually every field tend to work during daylight hours and sleep at night. We use more electricity when the sun is shining.

Even before you get into battery power, we have ample opportunity to grow solar inputs into the grid before we get to the point where its being wasted. At peak capacity, we're using far more electricity than current renewables provide.

Batteries are a late stage solution to a marginal problem.